For our Influence project, at first, I had difficulty choosing my influence. I was overwhelmed with the hundreds of possibilities I could choose from and couldn’t decide on just one. I later landed on Fernand Léger as my influence. What drew me to choose Fernand Léger was how simple yet powerful his art was. His use of color blocks in the art was also interesting and I wanted to see how I could do my version of his art.

I had a lot of fun creating this poster and channeling my inner Léger. When brainstorming, I decided I wanted my poster to be of a Little 500 cyclist with his bike. Something I enjoyed was being a little less perfectionist since some of Léger’s work is a little rough but still overall looks clean.

Something I was excited to work on was the color blocks Léger uses. He uses thick squares and sometimes circles to add color to his art. Since the Little 500 is at IU, I knew I wanted red to be the color that stood out the most. I had some trouble figuring out what other colors he uses and how big/small to make the other boxes. I decided to add a green circle on the bottom to also emphasize the wheels of the bike.

Fernand Léger was a french painter who is known for his pieces in cubism and tubism. Cubism is an approach, famously used by Picasso, used to represent reality using geometric flat shapes. Léger’s art in the beginning was mostly cubism until later in his life where he actually created a new approach named Tubism. Tubism is like cubism, but it uses cylindrical forms.

On the left is an example of one of his works titled, “Le Travail”. I used this piece as a form of influence because this poster was of a cyclist too. Léger created this for the Salon des Peintres témoins de leurs temps which is an annual art exhibition in the Galliera Museum.